Definition of Edentulous

1. Adjective. Having lost teeth.

Similar to: Toothless

Definition of Edentulous

1. a. Toothless.

Definition of Edentulous

1. Adjective. (sciences) Toothless ¹

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Definition of Edentulous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Edentulous

1. Without teeth. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edentulous

edematization
edematogenic
edematose
edematous
edenharterite
edenic
edenite
edental
edentalous
edentata
edentate
edentated
edentates
edentation
edentulate
edentulous (current term)
edestin
edetate
edetate calcium disodium
edetic acid
edgarbaileyite
edgarite
edge-localised mode
edge-to-edge bite
edge-to-edge occlusion
edge-triggered
edge banding
edge cover
edge covering number

Literary usage of Edentulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"Most edentulous cases, and partial ones with shallow teeth standing, are very easily swaged between the zinc and lead models so as to fit the plaster cast; ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1873)
"ON AN edentulous CONDITION OF THE SKULL OF THE GREY SEAL (Halichoerus gryphus). By PROFESSOR TURNER. IN Vol. V. of this Journal, p. ..."

3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1893)
"Mr. W. Dall described a new method of preventing lateral and forward movement of lower dentures in edentulous cases. ..."

4. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1893)
"edentulous NEURALGIA. DR. TW BROI'HY. Dental Review. The author calls attention to one form of neuralgia in the absence of all the teeth, ..."

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